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hollies

hollies is the plural of holly.

Meaning of holly

Noun

holly (countable and uncountable, plural hollies)

  1. Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
    • We'll deck the halls with boughs of holly.
  2. The wood from this tree.
  3. Any of several not closely related plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

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Phrases with hollies

Questions about hollies

What is hollies the plural of?
Hollies is the plural of holly.

Words near hollies in the dictionary

  1. Hollidaysburg
  2. Hollie
  3. hollied
  4. Hollier
  5. holliers
  6. hollies
  7. Hollifield
  8. Hollifields
  9. Holliman
  10. Hollimans
  11. Hollimon

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